[Remote-Control] Shutdown, Configure and Update your MagicMirror

cowboysdude

“Hey [NAME], you did not wash your hands.”

“Turn the damn fan on!”

LOL

Mr.Meeseeks

@Jopyth ya like what the pir sensor does but just as a manual toggle, so you can turn it ‘off’ at night. I currently don’t have pir sensor yet.

Mr.Meeseeks

I might try to tinker in a config editor and maybe even a command to git clone modules remotely.

Bangee

Ok, that’s a nice modul :-)

I’ve insert an restart function for the MM app and the ability to turn you monitor on and off:

insert in node_helper.js at line 54:

				if (query.action === 'RESTART')
				{
					res.send({'status': 'success'});
					exec('pm2 restart mm', function(error, stdout, stderr){ callback(stdout); });
					return;
				}
				if (query.action === 'MONITORON')
				{
					res.send({'status': 'success'});
					exec('/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p', function(error, stdout, stderr){ callback(stdout); });
					return;
				}
				if (query.action === 'MONITOROFF')
				{
					res.send({'status': 'success'});
					exec('/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -o', function(error, stdout, stderr){ callback(stdout); });
					return;
				}

in remote.js on line 131:

    'restart-mm-button': function () {
        Remote.getWithStatus("action=RESTART");
    },
    'monitor-on-button': function () {
        Remote.getWithStatus("action=MONITORON");
    },
    'monitor-off-button': function () {
        Remote.getWithStatus("action=MONITOROFF");
    }

in remote.html on line 40:

<!-- MagicMirror menu -->
		<div id="restart-mm-button" class="menu-button power-menu">
                    <span class="fa fa-recycle" aria-hidden="true"></span>
                    <span class="text">%%TRANSLATE:RESTARTMM%%</span>
                </div>
		<div id="monitor-on-button" class="menu-button power-menu">
                    <span class="fa fa-toggle-on" aria-hidden="true"></span>
                    <span class="text">%%TRANSLATE:MONITORON%%</span>
                </div>
                <div id="monitor-off-button" class="menu-button power-menu">
                    <span class="fa fa-toggle-off" aria-hidden="true"></span>
                    <span class="text">%%TRANSLATE:MONITOROFF%%</span>
                </div>

and the translations/en.json and de.json on line 8 ff:

    "RESTARTMM": "Restart MagicMirror2",
    "MONITORON": "Turn monitor ON",
    "MONITOROFF": "Turn monitor OFF",

    "RESTARTMM": "Starte MagicMirror2 neu",
    "MONITORON": "Bildschirm einschalten",
    "MONITOROFF": "Bildschirm ausschalten",

I think thats it.

The evil this is a must for my mirror… so thats next. I think we can do this like the IFTTT module does it.
Install modules remotly will be the next big thing… :-)

Jopyth

@Bangee can you make a pull request also? Would be nice.

Edit: Otherwise I will add it to the base module, with your permission, when I get back from vacation.

Jopyth

@cowboysdude This is what I am doing with my Trello module basically. :)

Bangee

@Jopyth I never did this before but I’ll try ;-)

ceerix

Hello everyone,

actually i’m building my first Magic Mirror and i have installed the Remote Control Modul which works very well and i also have implemented the changes from Bangee. Everything works fine.

Now i want to use this modul for interacting with my home automation systen “homematic”. Therefore i need to call the URLs directly.
Can anybody help me which i URL i have to call? I already have tried
http://192.168.xxx.xxx:8080/remote.html?action=RESTART
but it doesnt work :-(

Thanks in advance for your help :)

Bangee

@ceerix can you try this:

http://192.168.XXX.XXX:8080/remote?action=RESTART

@Jopyth the pull request is online. :-)
https://github.com/Bangee44/MMM-Remote-Control

Jopyth

@ceerix How are you going to interact? With custom notifications between the modules? Or are you connecting this differently?

I am asking because I was thinking, if it is possible to give other modules a simple way of hooking up to my module, and how this could happen. So a first example, on how you would like to do it, might be a good starting point.

ceerix

@Bangee thank you for your help this works! :)

@Jopyth i simply call the URL for the action which i want. For example shutdown the Raspberry when i’m leaving the house.
A example is the link which Bangee have written:
http://192.168.XXX.XXX:8080/remote?action=RESTART

If you need any further information i will help you :)

Mr.Meeseeks

@Bangee @Jopyth thanks again, this is great!

Jopyth

@ceerix Ok, I see. Thanks!

Jopyth

The module has received a medium update, see the new version on Github.

Changes:

Added: Save as default, which saves the hidden/shown status of your modules (Note: If you change your config, the settings will most likely not load correctly, you might have to change and save them again.)
Added: Restart MagicMirror application and switching display on and off, thanks to @Bangee
Changed: status indicator appears on top right, instead of the bottom
Updated: fixed-width icons, text should be more aligned now
Updated: error sign will show (error will appear in server log), if a command fails, e.g. no sudo rights
Fixed: style error, which most likely made the remote control look completely different from the preview for anyone except me

d3r

New update is sick. Really like the turn display on/off feature.

cowboysdude

Another module that should be in the core :) Man this mirror is growing Thanks to great people!

Thanks @Jopyth

ceerix

I had an idea in the morning. Would it be possible to develop a new menu in this modul for changing the place of a displayed modul? For example moving it from the top to the middle of the screen with a button?
Do you understand what i mean? :)

ianperrin

@Jopyth - another great update. Thanks

I’ve added an issue (feature request really) on GitHub to explore whether the functionality of this module could be exposed to other modules so it could be triggered using sendNotification.

e.g. sendNotification('REMOTE_ACTION', {query: 'MONITOROFF'}

I’ve also drafted a pull request with an idea of how this could be done.

If this could be implemented, then things like turning the monitor on and off or restarting MM could be scheduled using a combination of this module and MMM-ModuleScheduler

Jopyth

@ceerix Definitely something I would like to have, too, along with spawning new modules. I think it needs changes to the core project though, which support moving and creating of modules while running.

@ianperrin Good idea, I answered on github.

Jopyth

New update:

It is now possible to “call” all functions provided via the remote control from modules through notifications (see the readme), thanks to @ianperrin